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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO., N. \ ■ 
BUTTERFLY LILY. 
Butterfly folly. 
This magnificent East Indian plant is one of the most 
desirabie acquisitions to a collection of flowers imaginable. 
While the cut gives an excellent idea of the general appear¬ 
ance of the plant, it conveys but a slight idea of the chaste 
beauty of the large, snow-white and exquisitely fragrant 
(like a Jasmine) flowers looking almost like a bevy of iarge 
white butterflies hovering over the plant. The roots mar be 
wintered in a dormant condition (in the soil) if stored in a 
warm, dry situation; or if kept moist and warm enough the 
plant will flower the whole year round. Fine roots, 20c. each 
^clpUpepes. 
A most beautiful flowering bulb for pot culture, and 
requiring much the same treatment as Begonias and Glox¬ 
inias. They are very easily grown, and produce a wonderful 
profusion ol flowers all summer, some varieties blooming 
even up to Christmas. Colors, white, crimson, blue, rose, 
heliotrope, etc. Many of the sorts have highly ornamental 
foliage, as line as the best Coleus. We have some 25 different 
named sorts, including some of the finer varieties of Tvdaes, 
a bulb near akin to the Achimenes. These bulbs should be 
potted as soon as received, but we shall book orders and not 
send the bulbs until planting time. Fine Mixed Bulbs of 
Achimenes and Tydaes, 80c. per dozen, 6 for 50c. 
Heliotrope picciola. 
A dwarf, large flowering variety. Plant robust, with 
fine, healthy foliage, but a dwarf, compact grower, making 
it particularly desirable as a pot plant. Flowers, which are 
of a fine violet blue color with large white center, are of 
enormous size and borne in immense panicles. In bloom all 
the time; exceedingly fragrant. Fine plants, 20c. each. 
COLD STANDARD. —Truly a giant among Chrysanthe¬ 
mums. With us it produces flowers 10 to 12 inches across 
on stems 6 feet long. The flowers are double to the very 
center, fiat, with incurving petals, the outer petals being 
long, grading down shorter and shorter toward the cen¬ 
ter. Color, finest golden yellow. Perhaps the most 
beautiful, and certainly the largest, variety. 
n . . - % tJj glcdrl Ulg 
flower, which is a maroon purple Freely variegated wit& 
white. Sometimes just one-half of the blossom will bfi 
white ana tne rest maroon, or nearly all white oe 
maroon, but generally the variegations will be about 
?? snown _ ln the cut—maroon with great patches or 
blotches of pure white. There is nothing like it and it 
ofc shows & attraction in any collection, especaliy 
KLEIN, or White Maud Dean.—A. sport from 
Maud Dean, which originated with us and is exactly like 
qu ink variety, except in color, which is pure 
wmte. I he large, beautifully shaped, double blossoms 
ai e truly exquisite. No white variety can surpass it. 
Pries of above new sorts , 30c. each ; the 3 for 50 e. 
